The Music of Ancient Greece!

This video, is a short rendition of one of the precious few fragments of surviving ancient Greek music! This haunting, almost dream-like fragment of melody was preverved in ancient Byzantine manuscripts(Conspectus codicum:
V. Venetus Marcianus appl. cl. VI, saec. XIII-XIV
N. Neapolitanus graecus III. C4, saec. XV
F. Florentius Ricc. 41, saec. XVI), in the unambiguous alphabetical musical notation used in ancient Greece, & the melodic fragment is catalogued as "Anonymous, Bellermann 97-104".

I heard this lovely melody for the first time, on the CD "Musique de la Grece Antique"(track 13).

All of my 9 albums of mystical, ancient lyre music are now available from iTunes...

1)"An Ancient Lyre": http://bit.ly/dhCozi

2)"King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel":
http://bit.ly/9PCIua




3)"The Ancient Biblical Lyre": http://bit.ly/9hTDje

4)"Lyre of the Levites": http://bit.ly/9baWuM

5)"Apollo's Lyre": http://bit.ly/dhCozi

6)"Ancient Times -- Music of The Ancient World": http://bit.ly/aRF5PD

7)"The Ancient Greek Modes": http://bit.ly/cZks0o

8)"The Ancient Greek Lyre": http://bit.ly/bxO7Ra

9)"Ancient Visions -- New Compositions for an Ancient Lyre": http://bit.ly/dCPmRN

Physical CDs are also available anywhere in the world from CD Baby, for 3 of my best selling albums:

"An Ancient Lyre": http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mlevy4

"King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel":
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mlevy

"Lyre of the Levites": http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mlevy2

For full details about my albums of lyre music, and the fascinating ancient historical background, please visit my official website:

http://www.ancientlyre.com

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[crowarc]

where did you find these old instruments i've been searching for any old instruments that has been used before seemed so hard to find any

[Klezfiddle1]

@crowarc Please see the "Blogs" sectiom of my website, where I have written a blog entitled "How To Acquire a Lyre" (the URL for my website is given on my Youtube Channel Page)

[1LadyBlackCat]

Very beautiful. You play it very well and the tune soothes the mind. I've never actually heard the lyre being played before, so thanks for sharing!

[Klezfiddle1]

Glad you like it! To learn how to play this amazing melody, please see my video response in the yellow bar below, "How To Play The Music Of Ancient Greece (2 of 2)". I have done a studio quality recording of this piece on track 11 of my new album, available from cdbaby, "An Ancient Lyre" - please spread the word! Thanks...

[Botafoguense89]

cyprus is greece

TURKEYS OUT

where's onu? fuck!!!!

[Klezfiddle1]

Nah...I look more like some sort of suitably Hellenic "Gordon Freeman" clone! ;o)

[crowarc]

@Klezfiddle1 thx

[AnimusQueLupa]

@selearemus This really depends where youre talking about. Most civilizations around the world have some kind of stringed instrument they started with (something basic and primitive) and moved up from there.

8000 years BACK, youre asking about a time long long ago. In those days if there were any instruments at all, they were made of bones--most likely flutes.

[AnimusQueLupa]

I'm a Classicist and an English major and there is nothing more hauntingly beautiful that hearing history speak from the recesses of memory... I loved this. Thank you so much. I played this video over and over again it satisfied me so!

Have you made an album? I would love to buy it just so I can keep hearing it! You play wonderfully!

[selearemus]

im curios how was the music like 8000-7000 years ago.

[d3vilcat2004]

I was so curious on how a lyre sounds like; now I know and it's a really beautiful instrument. <3

thank you so much for sharing!

[brooklynstudio]

@Klezfiddle1 Fantastic playing, just became interested in the Lyre after reading Iliad, and great Half-Life reference btw had me hysterical

[orlandobabe]

WOW! Great job, I didn't think Lyre existed in this modern time, it sounds so beautiful, I think about going to Greece. Keep it up Klez! God bless.

[MrMrMrprofessor]

Klezfiddle1, have you ever heard the ancient greek story of Orpheus, the Lyre player?